broken headlight
Busted car beam
A broken headlight is a vehicle headlight that no longer functions properly—cracked, shattered, or burned out.
It's a common reason for traffic stops: I got pulled over for a broken headlight.
The phrase sometimes appears in discussions of pretextual policing, where minor violations justify stopping drivers for other reasons.
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- bulbRounded storage organ
- burned outExhausted from overexertion
repair · ticket · accident · car trouble · fender · bumper · dim · smashed · replacement · mechanic · auto body shop · citation · fix it ticket · collision · lens · high beams · low beam · car
- traffic violationsDUI, DWI, speeding, drunk driving, reckless driving
- car problemsflat tire, dead battery, check engine, brake failure, breakdown
- Car Damagedent, scratch, dents, scratches, scrape
- travel troublesgetting lost, dead end, detour, flat tire, traffic jam